Automobile major General Motors (GM) will pump in $119m in tools and equipment to boost the component output for its future vehicles at its Grand Rapids operations unit in Michigan, creating around 300 employment opportunities. The ...
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In a talk and a tutorial at CLEO 2015 (Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics) in San Jose, CA, USA (10-15 May), a team led by Paul Crump from FBH (Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut fur Hoechstfrequenztechnik) of Berlin, Germany ...
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Alex Brands will now be able to utilise Juratoys’ European distribution centres for its US-based toys. Alex Brands has made its first move into Europe with the acquisition of French toymaker, Juratoys. Based in Orgelet, France, ...
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BASF has opened a new Agricultural Research Station in Loni Kand, Pune, India. This new research and development (R&D) center will focus on global agricultural research on herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides, as well as on solutions ...
Australia has dropped another place in world competitiveness rankings, falling further in economic performance and government efficiency rankings, raising concerns about our competitiveness as a smart economy. In releasing the Australian ...
PET packaging specialist APPE will invest £10m in its preform manufacturing platform at Gresford plant in the UK. PET preform production at the plant started 30 years ago. The capital will be used for the installation of five ...
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Specialty chemicals and sustainable technologies company Johnson Matthey has acquired StePac Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) business from DS Smith for £18m. The transaction encompasses all assets of StePac, including Xtend ...
Freudenberg Performance Materials has upgraded Evolon, a microfilament fabric by launching Evolon 3D, whose surface volume has increased and become more, refined, paving the way for other applications. “Combining a top-of-the-range ...
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Spain-based Polysistec has launched a new complete process for polyamide (PA) preparation and dyeing. The new innovative system substantially reduces common problems that arise with PA fabrics, such as unleveling, differences of ...
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Amway has opened a new $42m nutrition manufacturing and R&D facility in Buena Park in the US state of California. The new facility is a part of the company's ongoing $332m manufacturing expansion strategy to open five facilities this ...
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German automobile major Volkswagen has started production at its new plant at Changsha in China’s Hunan Province, adding an output capacity of 300,000 cars a year. Located about 900km to the west of Shanghai, the plant will begin ...
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Metso is supplying valves for packaging company Stora Enso's Varkaus Mill fine paper machine conversion to light-weight containerboard in Finland. The company will deliver Neles ball valves, V-port segment valves and triple eccentric ...
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Luxembourg based steel and mining company ArcelorMittal has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Steel Authority of India (SAIL) to build an automotive steel manufacturing facility in India. As per the MoU, both the ...
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Global packaging and paper group Mondi has agreed to acquire two extrusion coating facilities from Walki Group for EUR60m. The transaction includes Walki's industrial packaging facilities in Pietarsaari, Finland and Wroclaw, Poland. ...
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Lion has opened its specialty cheese manufacturing hub, named The Heritagein Burnie, Tasmania and the largest specialty cheese facility in the Southern hemisphere. The Heritage has been significantly expanded and upgraded, with over $150m ...
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